‘Arts’ Archives
Avenues of Creation opens at All My Relations Galley
Through his lifelong artistic career, multi-disciplinary artist and designer, Steven Premo, of the Mille Lacs Band of the Ojibwe, learned that there are many different avenues for creation, and each requires a particular medium. In his Twin Cities solo exhibition debut, Steve reflects his pride in his Ojibwe heritage through a variety of retrospective works highlighting narratives of the Mille Lacs Ojibwe people and the evolution of Ojibwe art forms. “My own art is a reminder of our history and the continuation of our existence and expresses our cultural influence across the community and beyond..” - Steven Premo All My Relations Gallery, 1414 E Franklin Avenue http://www.allmyrelationsarts.com/On View: February 14th – April 16th 2022Opening Reception: Thursday, February 17th, 6-8:00 p.mCommunity Art Activity: March 26th, 1-3 p.m.Artist Talk: March 3rd 6-7 p.m
Call for Sculpture Concepts Deadline Extended
By Abdi Hassan Jr. and Tim Springer An example of whimsical art on Portland Avenue. Photo by Tim Springer. The deadline has been extended for proposing designs for a new Midtown Greenway light-emitting sculpture. An advisory team composed of East Phillips residents who live near the site of the future sculpture voted to extend the deadline for responses. The previous deadline was December 3, 2021. Now artists have until February 4, 2022, to submit sculpture concepts. The sculpture will be in the public space above the Midtown Greenway entrance ramp at 18th Avenue South, where it will provide joy, light, and wayfinding. It will be owned and maintained by the Midtown Greenway Coalition. The 29-year-old nonprofit organization stewarded the creation of the Midtown Greenway and currently serves as the community’s voice in promoting Greenway improvements, maintenance, and use. The revised Call can be found linked at www.midtowngreenway.org. The most important criteria [...]
Movie Corner – Passing (★★★★★)
by Howard McQuitter II From a cinematic viewpoint, the rich black and white, crisp shadows inside and outside brownstone houses as well as the inside intimate jazz sessions are excellent. Passing displays for subtlety blossoms on celluloid. Passing is Rebecca Hall's debut film about two African American women, one is passing for white while the other is married to a dark-skinned Black man, at the time of the Harlem Renaissance when Black figures like Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Alain Locke, Jean Tommer, Claude McKay, Augusta Savage, Aaron Douuglas, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Countee Cullen are on the scene particularly in Harlem. Passing is based on the novel by Nella Larsen, who comes from a mixed background, similar to Hall. Hall gets to the central characters immediately with Clare Kendry Bellew (Ruth Negga) and Irene “Reenie” Redfield [...]
